The Twin Towers
Theyattracted roughly 70,000 tourists and commuters every day, approximately 50,000 people worked in the buildings, while another 20,000 visited orpassed through each day.
September 11, 2001
On the morning of September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked four planes. Two were Boston-to-Los Angelesflights, which the hijackers diverted to New York City. At 8:45 a.m., American Airlines Flight 11 was flown into the north tower of the World TradeCenter. Eighteen minutes later, United Airlines Flight 175 was flown into the south tower. The original destination was California so each planehad tons of fuel on board, which helped upon the impact, creating intense fireballs in both towers and weakening the structural integrity of each.
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